Samantha emerges from the back room."Good afternoon, Miss Van Gorge. I see you've found good use for our flea treatment flyers. Why don't you both come through and we'll see what we can do for you. May I? Thank you." After indicating and collecting the paperwork from Sabrina, Samantha leads them down the hall towards the consult room, checking over the peperwork as she goes.She stands aside to let her clients enter the room first and then enters behind them, shutting the door as she goes."It seems that you haven't been to see a vet for... quite some time actually, according to the paperwork. Is there anything in particular you wanted to talk to me about while you're here, either of you?"

Sabrina gives Blick an angry glance."No, Ah think just a normal check-up would be fine. Oh, could you update her microchip please? We just moved and, god forbid, Blick gets lost, Ah don't want any confusion of where she lives and whatnot." Sabrina informs Samantha "Do you have anything to say, Blick?".Blick glares at the vet. "Tell me what you're going to be before you do it, please." she says coldly. Blick's hackles are raised, and her tail is fluffed up as big as it'll get."Be nice, hun. She's only here to help you." Sabrina warns Blick.

"I've only been here, what, three days now, I think. Why me in particular? Do I have some distinguishing feature? And why are you raising your voice? I think you're covering something. You are working with the jackals after all. I'm going to guess... one of them is behind me, isn't he?" Flynn's grin broadens and he suddenly spins around a hundred and eighty degrees, making sure to steady the mouse with his other paw so she doesn't go flying.

Elliot starts to play a song with the strings to lure this Sherlock Bunny.

Meanwhile,

Faust notices the Yorkshire Terrier. He howls to see if it can locate distant sounds.

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Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:10 pm

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Re: Pet Friendly - Richmond Acres

"Oh, not at all. You're the farthest thing from it! Heh, if you want to see barbaric, you should have seen the woman that was in here a few weeks ago. She was full on screaming at me because I couldn't give her the vase she liked in a different colour and she was sure that I had others out the back. She wouldn't listen when I tried to explain that we can only sell what people sell to us and that vase was the only one we had like it. We ended up having to have the police escort her out. So no, you're not barbaric at all. Inexperienced might be a better word and inexperience is far more easily remedied." Piper thinks for a few moments, unconciously fiddling with her pipes as she does so. Taking off her glasses, she polishes them on her soft belly fur as she shares her idea with Radar."How about this. Why don't you tell me what you already know about working in a shop and the kinds of things we sell here and what you're interested in and we'll see if we can work out where to begin from that? You don't have to know specifics about anything at this stage, but just sort of give me the general idea of what you do and don't know and like."

~~~~"We can certainly do that for you. And I'll do my best to explain everythign and not surprise you, Miss Van Gorge." replies Samantha to the lady and the fox. Going to the cupboard, she pulls out the microchip scanner and another form."This is a microchip scanner. I'm just going to run it over the back of your neck to get your chip number, OK?" Two small beeps later and Samantha is able to write down the number on the top of the form."Because the microchip database is owned by a private company and shared by veterinary cinics we need to use another form to update the details so I'll need you to fill this one in too." Samantha passes Sabrina the form and a pen and then turns to the fox."Would you rather have your check up here with your owner or would you prefer I take you to a private room?" she asks.

~~~~Flynn's ears swivel towards the howl but it's a long way off and he can hear the strings being played much closer and in an obvious melody this time so he decides to follow them instead. Listening for the direction of the sounds, Flynn can tell that the jackal is playing the strings in a broad half-circle about a nearby thicket. Grinning slyly, Flynn pretends to think that the jackal is in a bush in a slightly different direction and heads that way and makes a show of poking around while he whispers to the mouse."So, Chip, how about helping me turn the tables on the jackal? I know he's in the other bushes over there. Reckon you can distract him and keep him there while I circle around behind him?"

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Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:06 pm

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Re: Pet Friendly - Richmond Acres

Esper wrote:

Mercury poked his head into the scrub to see what was making so much noise

Stryder wanders around a bit, trying to pin down the sounds of strings playing and pawsteps when he suddenly hears the bushes rustle next to him. Smiling wryly, Stryder turns and leaps through the bushes, tackling the cat, "I GOTCHA YO..." Stryder stops mid sentence as he realizes he just tackled a random pet, hurriedly scrambling off the the cat, "Sorrysorrysorry! I didn't mean to tackle you, I thought you were someone else. Are you alright? I'm really really sorry about that. Can you move? Do you need me to get help? Please be OK." Stryder's face is etched with nervous panic.

"We can certainly do that for you. And I'll do my best to explain everythign and not surprise you, Miss Van Gorge." replies Samantha to the lady and the fox. Going to the cupboard, she pulls out the microchip scanner and another form."This is a microchip scanner. I'm just going to run it over the back of your neck to get your chip number, OK?" Two small beeps later and Samantha is able to write down the number on the top of the form."Because the microchip database is owned by a private company and shared by veterinary cinics we need to use another form to update the details so I'll need you to fill this one in too." Samantha passes Sabrina the form and a pen and then turns to the fox."Would you rather have your check up here with your owner or would you prefer I take you to a private room?" she asks.

"Oh, a private compknee ya say? Ah didn't know that." Sabrina takes the pen and begins to fill out the paperwork.Blick begins to soften, but still has aggressive body language. She rubs her neck, trying to feel her microchip. So that's where it is..."I'd like to stay in here if that's alright, doc." Blick replies.

Flynn's ears swivel towards the howl but it's a long way off and he can hear the strings being played much closer and in an obvious melody this time so he decides to follow them instead. Listening for the direction of the sounds, Flynn can tell that the jackal is playing the strings in a broad half-circle about a nearby thicket. Grinning slyly, Flynn pretends to think that the jackal is in a bush in a slightly different direction and heads that way and makes a show of poking around while he whispers to the mouse."So, Chip, how about helping me turn the tables on the jackal? I know he's in the other bushes over there. Reckon you can distract him and keep him there while I circle around behind him?"

"I can probably do that," Chip replied, dashing off as soon as the hand was lowered far enough to the ground. She took a slightly circuitous route to get to Elliot's bush and climbed up to his shoulder. "Hey, Elliot," she said into his ear, "The Rabbit's trying to trick you. He knows you're here." She pondered. "But, as he tried to get me in on the plan, is he tricking ME too? Either way, hun, better move?"

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leslie did a forward roll over a string; like he'd seen in an action movie. He knew the Jakkal had come this way as there was a hint of scent about it. Now pouncing he was no good at but he could follow a scent so he let his nose lead him where it did.

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"Yes, certainly. Whatever makes you feel comfortable. Can you hop on the scales here for me please? And then stand up agains tthe wall here so I can see your height... Good, thank you. Now hop up on the table here please and let's take a look at you... Thanks. I'll start by listening to your chest sounds. The stethoscope might be a little cold so sorry about that." Samantha breathes on the stethoscope to warm it before plugging it into her ears and listening to Blick's heart and breathing. "Breathe in... and out... in... and out... Good. Now I'll do the same around the back. In... and out... in... and out... Good." Samantha takes off the stethoscope and turns back to the fox."I'm going to feel your lymph nodes now as well as feeling for anything else abnormal. That means I'm going to run my hands over you, putting a bit of pressure on you as I go. I'll start along your jaw, OK?"

~~~~Hearing the sounds of Elliot's strings coming from the same bush, Flynn surmises that Chip is doing her job, so he follows along with his original plan. Pushing between the nearest bushes, he continues until he's sure he's out of sight of the jackal and then sitll following the sounds, circles around until he's directly behind the bush. Taking a deep breath, he thinks to himself, Here goes nothing, and then bursts out of the bush intending to jump Elliot and take hiim by surprise. Unfortunately he hadn't realised that Elliot had set up snares and he trips over one and ends up rolling head over heels until he comes to rest upside down against the jackals leg. Urgh, he thinks, giving his head a quick shake to clear it before looking up betwen his legs at the jackal."Hi. I think I found you. And your snare." he observes with a lopsided grin.

Mercury was knocked flat onto his back and into the park, "Uuuuuuuugh..." he groaned, rubbing his head, "I swear I'm gonna get my head cracked open one of these day..." The cat sat up, "Uh, yeah, I'm not too badly hurt, maybe just a bruise... Anyways, Who are you?"

Mercury was knocked flat onto his back and into the park, "Uuuuuuuugh..." he groaned, rubbing his head, "I swear I'm gonna get my head cracked open one of these day..." The cat sat up, "Uh, yeah, I'm not too badly hurt, maybe just a bruise... Anyways, Who are you?"

"I..uh..I'm Stryder. I just moved here last night. Again, I'm really sorry about that. We..uh...are playing a game where some pets run around hiding in the bushes playing these strings and others have to catch them."

"Yes, certainly. Whatever makes you feel comfortable. Can you hop on the scales here for me please? And then stand up agains tthe wall here so I can see your height... Good, thank you. Now hop up on the table here please and let's take a look at you... Thanks. I'll start by listening to your chest sounds. The stethoscope might be a little cold so sorry about that." Samantha breathes on the stethoscope to warm it before plugging it into her ears and listening to Blick's heart and breathing. "Breathe in... and out... in... and out... Good. Now I'll do the same around the back. In... and out... in... and out... Good." Samantha takes off the stethoscope and turns back to the fox."I'm going to feel your lymph nodes now as well as feeling for anything else abnormal. That means I'm going to run my hands over you, putting a bit of pressure on you as I go. I'll start along your jaw, OK?"

Blick does everything while getting more and more comfortable with Samantha. Blick jumps slightly when the cold metal touches her, but otherwise she's still."Alright go ahead... by the way, where are the other lymph nodes?" Blick says calmly, but slightly on edge.

"I..uh..I'm Stryder. I just moved here last night. Again, I'm really sorry about that. We..uh...are playing a game where some pets run around hiding in the bushes playing these strings and others have to catch them."

Mercury got to his feet and held out a paw to shake, "I'm Mercury, I moved in a couple weeks ago myself." he stepped back into the shrubs, "I guess that's what's making all that noise, huh?"

"I..uh..I'm Stryder. I just moved here last night. Again, I'm really sorry about that. We..uh...are playing a game where some pets run around hiding in the bushes playing these strings and others have to catch them."

Mercury got to his feet and held out a paw to shake, "I'm Mercury, I moved in a couple weeks ago myself." he stepped back into the shrubs, "I guess that's what's making all that noise, huh?"

Shaking Mercury's paw, "So, uh..you want to join us? There are quite a few pets here right now. Fair warning though, there is a..uh..mountain lion playing too; so don't freak out if you see her."

Flynn allows himself to be hoisted to his feet and offers his paw to the jackal for a pawshake."I'm Flynn Porter. Nice to meet you too. I wouldn't say I'm particularly lucky though. I'm just good at observing and deducing. You're not the first to call me Holmes, you know. Your snare did work, sort of. It did slow me down, sort of." He laughs."I hope I didn't hurt you, crashing into you like that."

~~~~"There's actually thousands of lymph nodes all through your body but I'll just be focussing on the major ones though which are in your jaw, under your ears, in your neck and shoulders and upper arms, trunk and upper legs. I'll palpate pretty much your whole body as I'm going though in case there are any other lumps and bumps which are out of the ordinary." With that Samantha begins palpating everything, gently pressing and massaging the fox's flesh, gradually working her way back along the head, down the neck, arms, torso, abdomen, legs and tail."Excellent. Well done. That all seems normal. Now I'll have a look in your eyes, ears and mouth. I'll start with your ears." Samantha picks up a metal tube with a black plastic funnel pointing perpendicular to the tube with the narrow part of the funnel pointing outwards."This is called an otoscope. It has a light in it which will let me see into your ears better. I'm just going to stick the end of it here into your ears and have a bit of a look. Just hold still for me please."

Where, Leslie wondered, had that Jackal gone? There was no scent anymore and Leslie was wondering if he should try to climb the tree when he hears the scream for help and swivels around. Mister Lucky's heere?". Knowing a scream for help when he heard one, he raced off that way, wishing he had another sandwich.-----------------------------"I said there were lots of Rab..." Chip started, before being cut off by the call.

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"There's actually thousands of lymph nodes all through your body but I'll just be focussing on the major ones though which are in your jaw, under your ears, in your neck and shoulders and upper arms, trunk and upper legs. I'll palpate pretty much your whole body as I'm going though in case there are any other lumps and bumps which are out of the ordinary." With that Samantha begins palpating everything, gently pressing and massaging the fox's flesh, gradually working her way back along the head, down the neck, arms, torso, abdomen, legs and tail."Excellent. Well done. That all seems normal. Now I'll have a look in your eyes, ears and mouth. I'll start with your ears." Samantha picks up a metal tube with a black plastic funnel pointing perpendicular to the tube with the narrow part of the funnel pointing outwards."This is called an otoscope. It has a light in it which will let me see into your ears better. I'm just going to stick the end of it here into your ears and have a bit of a look. Just hold still for me please."

Blick steels herself, completely motionless, ready for pain. She opens her eyes to see the otoscope is out of her ear, and realizes that nothing (except for the shots of course) is going to hurt her during this appointment. Blick finally relaxes enough to have her fur return to normal, but not enough to lower her jumpiness.

Sabrina's phone begins to ring, she checks who it is, and then answers it."Hello?...Ya, this is Sabrina...Oh, hey there Jeff! What's up?...She what? Oh no, a woman her age shouldn't be walkin' round on the kitchen counter!...Yeah, Ah can watch yo cat while you at the hospital...It's no problem, we ain't movin no more...Yeah we got all settled yesterday!...It's no trouble, hun...Alright, tell her I said get well soon. Goobye." Sabrina speaks into the phone."Who was that? And what's this about a cat coming over to stay with us?" Blick says as her eyes get checked."My co-worker, Jeff, has ta go ta the hospital with his wife for the next few day, and wants us to watch his cat for him." Sabrina replies."Why can't he stay at his house, and we just check-up on him daily?" Blick asks."Cuz the thing's 71 in cat years." Sabrina says, getting annoyed.

Shaking Mercury's paw, "So, uh..you want to join us? There are quite a few pets here right now. Fair warning though, there is a..uh..mountain lion playing too; so don't freak out if you see her."

"Aw man, there's no doubt in my mind that I'd get my head pounded in if I play." the cat chuckled, "But it sounds fun, even if I would get beaten into the dust, haha! Mind if I come and watch?"

"Sure, though if you are the one hunting then no one going to be trying to catch you. Right now, Senka, Elliot, and Faust are the ones who are hiding that we are suppose to catch." Scratching the back of his neck, "I thought you were Elliot or Faust. But..uh..if you want to join me in hunting them, you shouldn't be tackled again." He smiles nervously, considering apologizing again to Mercury.

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:23 am

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Re: Pet Friendly - Richmond Acres

Flynn's head snapped around in the direction of the cry."Lots" he answers the jackal's question. "Come on!" He sprints in the direction of Lucky's yell."Lucky! Where are you? Are you OK?" he yells, pushing through the scrub as fast as only a rabbit in flight can.

~~~~"Alright. Looking good so far. Let's have a look at your eyes now. I'm going to shine my penlight into your eyes and I'll hold your eyelid open a little bit too but I won't actually touch your eye, OK?" Samantha gently pry's open Blick's eyelids and shines in the light, moving back and fourth between the eyes several times to compare their response to the light, reassuring Blick and commenting on the phone call as she does."Excellent. You're doing really well. You know, Mrs. Van Gorge, older animals usually need a different sort of care to young, fit animals like Blick here. Feel free to give us a call or pop in and see us again if you need any help or have any questions at all." She releases Blick's eyelids and puts on some gloves before picking up her light again."I need to look in your mouth now. I'm going to lift up your lips and have a look at your gums and I'll need to pull on your tongue a bit too so I can see everything. Can you promise not to bite me?"

"Alright. Looking good so far. Let's have a look at your eyes now. I'm going to shine my penlight into your eyes and I'll hold your eyelid open a little bit too but I won't actually touch your eye, OK?" Samantha gently pry's open Blick's eyelids and shines in the light, moving back and fourth between the eyes several times to compare their response to the light, reassuring Blick and commenting on the phone call as she does."Excellent. You're doing really well. You know, Mrs. Van Gorge, older animals usually need a different sort of care to young, fit animals like Blick here. Feel free to give us a call or pop in and see us again if you need any help or have any questions at all." She releases Blick's eyelids and puts on some gloves before picking up her light again."I need to look in your mouth now. I'm going to lift up your lips and have a look at your gums and I'll need to pull on your tongue a bit too so I can see everything. Can you promise not to bite me?"

"I promise. I don't really have a reason to anyways...anymore." Blick starts out offended, but then remembers how she treated her at the beginning of the appointment.

"From what I heard, the old-timer likes to stay out in the forest. What kind of special care would I have ta give him?" Sabrina says, concerned over her friend's cat.

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:19 am

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Re: Pet Friendly - Richmond Acres

"Thank you." Samantha begins examining Blick's mouth, lifting her lips, checking the alignment of her jaw and the amount of plaque on her teeth, the colour of her gums, and gently pulling her tongue out of the way to see the back of her throat, explaining the care of geriatric cats to Sabrina as she goes."Geriatric cats are a lot like elderly humans, really. They are prone to similar problems like arthritis and joint pain, osteoporosis, diebetes, glaucoma, neurological symptoms like the shaking you see some people doing, or problems... downstairs, if you catch my meaning. They'll need a slightly different diet because, like elderly people they'll need more calcium and fibre. Elderly cats will also need more fat in their diet because as they age their ability to digest fat decreases so they need a fattier diet in order to maintain normal fat levels. I can recommend several specialist diets for elderly cats if you're interested. Also, keep a close eye on how much he's eating and drinking and using the litterbox as changes there can indicate a variety of problems. Basically, you should be aware that elderly animals' bodies start to break down in similar ways to humans so if you see anything out of the ordinary about him then bring it in to be checked out because small things can more easily turn serious in older animals. He'll probably have less energy and need less exercise too so bear that in mind. Your mouth is looking very good, Blick. You're obviously chewing enough bones, so keep up the good work." Samantha switches off her light and picks up the thermometer."Now for the slightly more unpleasant part of the checkup, I'm afraid. I need to take your temperature. Can you lie down on your belly on the table here and hold on to the end there please?"

~~~~Paul thinks for a moment. "Look, I'd rather you didn't for tonight, just until the stitches take and the wounds start to heal. I don't want you tearing them out by moving around too much. But certainly tomorrow you can move around if you like, as long as you take it easy and don't try to stretch too much. You might feel the effects of the anaesthetic on and off through the rest of the evening too, even if you're feeling alright at the moment. You can certainly sit up if you want to though."

~~~~Flynn looks up at Lucky dangling by his ankle and slowly rotating."I'd get you down but I can't climb. Wait there and I'll see if I can find where the rope goes." He begins to follow the string into the bush and then turns and looks back up at Lucky."Er, sorry. That didn't come out quite right... I'll just... go find that rope..." Flynn turns and hurries back into the bushes."Ah, here we go! That's quite a knot! I'm impressed. Is Elliot there somewhere? How did you tie this thing, Elliot?"

Hutch wasn't into playing hide and seek, or whatever this game was. So, he climbed into a tree, looked left and right to make sure there wasn't any squirrel's ready to go mafia on him for climbing into their home. Once Hutch found he was in the clear, Hutch got comfortable on a branch, hidden from view of everyone, and pulled his favorite reading material, cats weekly, out of his pocket, and just relaxed.

Hutch had fallen asleep, and his book fell to the ground. The commotion of Lucky dangling from a tree had woken Hutch up. He looked over to where the various pets stood around the dangling rabbit. Hutch grabbed onto the branch, slid off, and dangled by his arms. Then, he dropped from the tree, and landed on his book.rrriiipp Hutch looked down at the now torn book, the picture of March completely shredded.Aww... Oh well, no use crying over shredded cat. Hutch picked the magazine up and crumpled it into a ball.He then proceeded to walk over to the pets.Looks like you have yourself in a pickle. Need any help?

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:37 pm

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Re: Pet Friendly - Richmond Acres

Since from what Elliot said allowed it, Senka again positioned herself in the thick foliage of the park, making sure this time to keep low and out of sight. A string happened to be strung near her. And never having intentionally plucked one before she decided to sate her curiosity.Not a moment later a single note reverberated from it, louder than she would have liked...

"Sure, though if you are the one hunting then no one going to be trying to catch you. Right now, Senka, Elliot, and Faust are the ones who are hiding that we are suppose to catch." Scratching the back of his neck, "I thought you were Elliot or Faust. But..uh..if you want to join me in hunting them, you shouldn't be tackled again." He smiles nervously, considering apologizing again to Mercury.

"Nah man, I don't think there's a chance in heck that I could catch anybody!" Mercury laughed, "Lemme just see how it all works, yeah?"

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